Joseph Hertzog: / /
Daniel Idema: / (FOLD)
Raul Paez: / /
Hertzog brought it in, Idema completed, and Paez raised. Both Hertzog and Idema called. Paez led out on fourth, Hertzog instantly raised, and only Paez called. As soon as the dropped in front of Hertzog, he fired out a bet. He bet quickly again on sixth, then bet dark on seventh. Paez called
Hertzog flipped over for sevens and fours with an open-ended straight draw. He then ripped over the , giving him a straight and an eighty-seven low.
Paez could only shake his head as he showed and angrily mucked his seventh card face down.
"What?" Hertzog said after the hand, continuing to needle Paez. "I didn't have cheese. Swiss cheese. I had cheddar!"
Paez brought it in, Idema completed, and Paez called. Idema led out on every street, Paez called him down, and the Spaniard angrily threw his cards into the muck when Idema showed for aces-up.
Hand #208:
Paez was left with 160,000 after Hand #206, and the money went in on third street two hands later against Joseph Hertzog.
Hertzog: () / /
Paez: () / /
Hertzog ripped over the on seventh, making eights and fours, and Paez shoed the for king-high.
Paez hit the rail in third place, earning $71,736. There will now be a short break before heads-up play begins.
Idema brought it in, Hertzog completed, and Idema called. Idema led with an ace on fourth street, Hertzog called, and Idema then check-raised on fifth.
"You got me," Hertzog said, laughing.
He called, then folded to a bet on seventh, showing .
Idema brought it in, then called when Hertzog completed. Hertzog bet out on every street, including seventh where he bet blind, and Idema called him down.
When Idema called on seventh, Hertzog turned over his first two cards (), then ripped over his seventh card, the . Idema mucked his hand, and Hertzog dragged in a massive pot, regaining the lead.
Idema brought it in then called when Hertzog completed. Both players checked on fourth street, and Idema check-called bets on fifth, sixth, and seventh. Idema turned over for a seventy-six low.
Joseph Hertzog completed, and Daniel Idema called. Hertzog fired again on fourth, and Idema raised. Hertzog reraised, and the two got it all in. Idema was way ahead with kings in the hole, and Hertzog didn't catch anything on fifth and sixth.
"He's dead, he's dead to the case king," Greg Mueller called out.
Hertzog flipped over a meaningless , and he was the runner-up.
Seventeen players, out of the 558 who entered, emerged from Day 2 of Event #39, and Daniel Idema has outlasted the other 16 runners to claim the World Series of Poker gold bracelet and $184,590 in prize money. He finished off runner-up Joseph Hertzog after about 90 minutes of heads-up play (and a few shots) on the 301st hand of the final table. Idema had been down as low as four big bets in heads-up play.
There, four-time bracelet winner Artie Cobb, who won all of his titles in stud variants, was the first to hit the rail when Hertzog made a wheel. Well-known pros Mike Leah (fifth place) and Matt Vengrin (fourth place) fell a few hours later, and three-handed play commenced.
for a pair of jacks. "Now we're playing poker."
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for sevens and fours with an open-ended straight draw. He then ripped over the 
, giving him a straight and an eighty-seven low.
and angrily mucked his seventh card face down.
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for aces-up.
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for king-high.
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for aces up.
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. Idema mucked his hand, and Hertzog dragged in a massive pot, regaining the lead.
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, and he was the runner-up.